Aliyev: nearly 100,000 people returned to Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur in six years

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended the opening of the first phase of Jahangirbayli village in Zangilan district on November 6. The village was occupied by Armenian armed forces in 1993. The Azerbaijani Armed Forces liberated it on October 21, 2020. Aliyev laid the foundation stone of Jahangirbayli village in May 2023.

According to Modern.az, the first phase covered 62.57 hectares of the 179.5-hectare village and included 242 individual houses, a school building, a nursery, an administrative building, a market complex and a multifunctional building. The houses, with 2 to 5 rooms, are supplied with water, electricity, gas, solar panels and high-speed internet. Internal roads have been asphalted. The multifunctional building will host a medical point, a pharmacy, a shop, a tailor and a beauty salon. The school has capacity for 264 pupils.

Aliyev and the First Lady met residents who moved to Jahangirbayli and Soltanli village in Jabrayil district. Aliyev said about 700 families are returning to the two villages. He said nearly 100,000 people have been returned to Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur in six years.